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Pyramid of Caius Cestus
Robert MacPherson (Scottish, 1811–1872)
Medium/Technique
Photograph, albumen print
Dimensions
Image: 27.5 x 37.1 cm (10 13/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Mount: 35.5 x 44.9 cm (14 x 17 11/16 in.)
Mount: 35.5 x 44.9 cm (14 x 17 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Transferred from the MFA's Historic Collection of Photographs—Gift of Miss Harriet Smith Tolman
Accession Number2011.169
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
Marks
Recto, below image in ink on mount: Pyramid of Caius Cestus, and the English Burying Ground ("English" crossed out in graphite, and "Protestant" added above)
Verso, MFA Photo Library Accession Sticker, with numbers in ink:
436/R6/N9.1/ . . . 14055
To right of sticker, in ink: Rome. / Pyramid of Cestius. / Tomb of Caius Cestius Epulo, d. before 12 B. C.
U. r., in ink: 116' x 98' x 98'
In center, stamped in black ink: Museum of Fine Arts,/Boston.
L. l., in ink: Macpherson
Verso, MFA Photo Library Accession Sticker, with numbers in ink:
436/R6/N9.1/ . . . 14055
To right of sticker, in ink: Rome. / Pyramid of Cestius. / Tomb of Caius Cestius Epulo, d. before 12 B. C.
U. r., in ink: 116' x 98' x 98'
In center, stamped in black ink: Museum of Fine Arts,/Boston.
L. l., in ink: Macpherson